Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring: Masterpieces of 17th-Century Dutch Painting and a Miraculous Return to Japan

【Exhibition Period】

August 21 – September 27, 2026

【Opening Hours】

9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Last admission: 4:30 p.m.)

Extended hours until 8:00 p.m. (Last admission: 7:30 p.m.) on August 28, September 4, September 11, and September 18–27.

【Closed】

Open throughout the exhibition period.

【Admission】

Adults: ¥3,000

University & High School Students: ¥1,500

Elementary & Junior High School Students: ¥500

All prices include tax.

Free admission for preschool children.

Group admission for the general public is not available.

School groups must apply through the museum website at least four weeks prior to their visit.

Visitors with a disability certificate (including one accompanying caregiver) are entitled to a 50% discount on the day of admission upon presentation of valid identification.

Residents of Osaka City aged 65 and over are required to pay the regular adult admission fee.

The museum may close temporarily due to natural disasters or other unforeseen circumstances.

【Overview】

One of the greatest masterpieces by the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, the treasured icon of the Mauritshuis, will be presented in Japan. Centered on this celebrated work, the exhibition will be held at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, from August 21 to September 27, 2026.

Following its appearance in the 2012 Mauritshuis Exhibition, which attracted approximately 1.2 million visitors, Girl with a Pearl Earring returns to Japan after an interval of fourteen years. Martine Gosselink, Director of the Mauritshuis, has described this journey as “perhaps the last special opportunity to bring the Girl to audiences in Japan.”

In addition to Girl with a Pearl Earring, the exhibition features Vermeer’s early masterpiece Diana and Her Companions, together with outstanding examples of Dutch painting from the same period. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience these exceptional works firsthand.